The Nigerian Police has vowed to investigate and prosecute all those
involved in the abduction of Ese Oruru, the 13yr old who was abducted and
taken to Kano for marriage.
Yinusa, who abducted Ese in August 2015, is currently being interrogated
by the police and would be prosecuted alongside all those who played any
role in the abduction saga, according to the Police.
The Emir of Kano, Mohammadu Sanusi Lamido had been linked to the abduction
of Ese after parents of the girl had arrived Kano to seek for her release
but were told their daughter is being at the Emir’s palace where she had
been converted to Islam and married off to Yinusa.
Charles Oruru, father of the abducted girl said the Emir of Kano and the
Police are all guilty of not effecting the immediate release of Ese after
the case was reported to them
Oruru said, “The Emir did not play any role there. All security agencies
in Yenagoa and in Abuja were also part of those who refused to help.
“That is the truth because when we got to Kano, we were told that the Emir
had written a letter that the girl should be released on August 26, 2015,
and this was not done.
“They wanted to keep the girl in Kano, but the pressure was everywhere
after the whole world had heard about the matter, so he knew that if he
didn’t release the girl, it would lead to a big problem.”
The Police also confirmed that it has started an in-house investigation
into the role played by the Police in Bayelsa and Kano after the abduction
of Ese was reported to them.
Spokesperson of the Nigerian Police, Bisi Kolawole who dropped the hint in
a short speech to journalists said the 13yr old girl is currently with the
Gender and Child Care Protection Unit of the Police.
Kolawole said Ese is undergoing medical and psychological examination
before she is reunited with her parents who arrived Abuja last night.
The Spokesperson of the Nigerian Police, Bisi Kolawole said the abducted
13 year old, Ese Oruru, is currently in police custody and in the Gender
and Child Care Protection Unit.
She said the abductor, Yunusa Dahiru, who is in police custody, and all
other actors in the abduction will be brought to justice.
Ese’s mother, Rose Oruru, also at the briefing expressed her joy at the
reunion with her daughter.
Both Ese and her mother, are billed to meet with the Inspector General of
Police, Solomon Arase, today.
They are billed for a 5PM flight from Abuja to Port Harcourt, en route
Bayelsa State.
The Force PRO had yesterday told anxious journalists, who waited for
several hours at the Police Headquarters in Abuja, that the inability of
Ese’s parents to arrive on time led to the postponement of the exercise.
Ese was allegedly abducted eight months ago and moved to Kano for forced
marriage.
She was freed on Monday night, following a directive by the Inspector
General of Police, Solomon Arase, to the Commissioner of Police in Kano
State, Mohammed Katsina.
Meanwhile, the Emir Sanusi had on Monday refuted claims that he sheltered
Ese, saying he had ordered that the girl be taken to her parents since
2015.
The Emir, while speaking at a press conference, in his palace said he got
to know that the girl was still in Kano when journalists from the BBC
called him.
Sanusi had said, “Since the time we ordered that the girl be taken to her
parents in Bayelsa through AIG Zone 1, we didn’t hear anything about her;
just for us to now start hearing all kinds of stories that we are keeping
her in our custody. This is injustice of the highest order.”